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Hello. Hello. I'm calling today to complain about the sandwich I bought at your Tea Time Sandwiches shop on London. Hello, how can I help you today. I've just told you. Hello, how can I help you...
Machine: Thank you for calling Doctors&Co. You are currently caller number <<Thirty Two>>.
I don't take too kindly, to you blindly, not saying a single word. You've got an issue, so save my tissues and tell me what I should learn.
Camel said hey Llama, But llama ignored the call. Camel tried to work out why; Camel was feeling rather small. Why should Llama not like alpaca. Camel wondered all day long.
Staying up late with you, Is like looking up at the night sky, Our words outnumber the stars, Each syllable is a plane, And it flies like a blue bird, That's fat on worms.
We talked around the edges For hours Until you said You had to go Should have long ago To meet someone, do something Drink, get wrecked Easier than talking, talking Saying it can't work Won't...
We talk so little I didn't realize How different and Disconnected we are We're strangers Living in a shelter Not a home Filled with happiness Everyone else hears But I listen To the creak of...
So I made a huge mistake. Risked everything at stake. Its irritating like a cough. It certainly didn't pay off. I screwed up. I'm only young. Then he called said "sup?". I should have held my tongue.
[A HUSBAND AND WIFE AT HOME IN THE EVENING] [SHES COOKING. ROOTED TO THE SPOT]. HUSBAND: [ENTERS, HANGS COAT, KISSES HER, SITS AT TABLE] GOOD DAY.
Tonight, my friend made a Facebook status saying 'it's sad when you realize you don't mean as much to someone as you thought you did. ' You know what else is sad.
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.She reduced altitude and spotted a man below.
You treat me like a ghost. As if you can't see me. Just like I'm invisible, Just like you can't see. So you continue too ignore me. As if everything's just fine.
"One two... Do you copy. I repeat, do you copy. Over." A light crumple of forest leaves rustled as Sergeant Martin threw his talkie down on the floor.
THE NEXT DAY------------- "Mum, guess what?. Amber's got a boy....." tormented Alfie, "Mum, I haven't, he's is just...
I try to speak, but cannot. They look at me like I don't want to answer them. It's not like I don't want to speak, but when I open my mouth, nothing comes out.
We are talking over. Making no sense. Shouting out points. Talk of disappoints. We are walking over. Breaking a defence. Jabbing with jibes. Slamming doors. We want no more. Of words that hurt.
I said something wrong, you called me a jerk. I got upset. Now I don't know what's going on. I know I'm not a jerk, and not a pet. I know you're sad about something.
Hi Tom, I trust you're doing well. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the epidemic I wrote to you about earlier have escalated.
I feel like i'm missing a vital part of my life. I seem to be missing my friend because of his wife. I cant pop a message by because its after work. I hope he knows just how much it's hurt.
Billy asked the teacher if he could have the job of cleaning the board after she'd used it and and the teacher said "only if you can tell me the first three letters of the alphabet".
I gave you a hint. I gave it again, more clearly this time. I tried to ignore you to show you my anger. But as I feel lonely I'll come back. I tried to act normal, smiled and laughed.
Person 1: Hey Are you awake. Person 2: Why do people always ask that question.
Hey you, where've you been. Quite a while since I've seen. Your face around my neighbourhood. Give me a call, if you would. It's ages since that winter walk. When we had our final talk.
My husband and I. We had a fight. So into the car. In the dead of night. Off I drove. With nowhere to go. Off I drove. To I don't know. Then all of a sudden. The car did stop. The car had died.